Comb.



No. 823,131. PATENTED JUNE 12, 190 v E. c. MAGARTNBY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIOE.

EDMUND MAUARTNEY,'OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOHARMONB. AMERLING, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA.

COMB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND C. MAoART- NEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Chestnut Hill, in the city of Philadelphia,county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented acertain new and useful Comb, of which the following is a specification.

It isone object of the present invention to provide a neat, durable, andeflicient separable comb of simple structure that is comparatively cheapto manufacture.

A further object is to provide a separable comb having its members soarranged that it can be readily assembled and disassembled for cleansingpurposes. a

A still further object of the invention is to provide a separable combthat has the appearance of an ordinary comb.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth the invention, stated ingeneral terms, comprises the improvements to be presently described andfinally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, and scope of the invention will bemore fully understood from the following description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and inwhich Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a comb embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar viewillustrating the parts in a semiseparated state. Fig. 4 is a sectionalview. Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating the relation of the teeth toeach other, and Fig. 6 shows the inner faces of the respective members.

In the drawings, a and b are members of a separable comb, each beingprovided with teeth 0. These members may be held together by means of aremovable tubular holder d, although the means shown in the drawings ismerely one type of holder and other fastening mediums may be employed.

As shown in Fig. 5, the teeth 0 are arranged so as to produce astaggered effect when the members a and I) are placed in position forassembling, so that they may fit one within the other and produce anefl'ect similar to an ordinary comb. Each tooth is provided at its upperextremity with a beveled portion e, that is adapted to rest against asimilar beveled portion f upon the part h of the respective members toinsure stability of the respective parts when assembled. Each beveledportion e of the teeth is provided with a shoulder g, Fig. 6. Theseshoulders tend to fill up the space between the teeth when assembled,thus preventing dirt from accumulating between the parts. The part h ofeach member is shown as grooved, as at i, for the holder (1.

Among the advantages to be derived from the above-described devicemention may be made of the following: The comb being easily assembledand disassembled can be cleansed after its use, thus rendering itsanitary, which obviously is advantageous. The structure is simple, andtherefore inexpensive, and since the appearance of the comb is to allintents and purposes the same as an ordinary comb the commercial valueof the article is at once apparent. I

It will be obvious to those skilledin the art to which the inventionrelates that modifications may be made in details without departing fromthe spirit thereof. Hence the invention is not limited further than theprior state of the art may require; but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new,- and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A separable comb comprising a pair of members forming a back, saidmembers being equipped with alternately-arranged teeth having beveledtops said teeth interdigitating with each other throughout their entirecross-section, beveled portions upon said members between the teeth, andmeans for holding said members together, substantially as described.

2. A separable comb comprising a pair of parallel members having facesthat abut, alternately-arranged teeth having beveled tops depending fromsaid members said teeth interdigitating with each other throughout theirentire cross-section,' beveled portions upon said members between theteeth and means for securing the members together to form a back,substantially as described.

3. A comb comprising two members equipped with teeth having beveledtops, beveled portions upon said members between the teeth, and meansfor holding said members together, substantially as described.

4. A comb comprising two members equipped with teeth having beveledtops, beveled portions upon said members between the teeth, shouldersformed upon the upper extremity of each tooth, and means for hold- Iupon said members between the teeth and a ing said members together,substantially as tubular holder fitted to said grooved faces todescribed. form a back, substantially as described:

} '5. A separable comb comprising a pair of In testimony whereof I havehereunto v 5 parallel members Whose outer faces are signed my name.-

grooved and Whose inner faces abut, alternately-arranged teeth havingbeveled tops I EDMUND MAOARTNEY' depending from the said members saidteeth Witnesses: interdigitating with each other throughout W. J.JAoKsoN 10 their entire cross-section, beveled portions EVA E. EDGE.

